There was a lot of collective groaning when Kanye West declared himself the nucleus of culture not too long ago. But as the universe is wont to do, it has given Kanye validation in the form of a pullquote or ten from Lou Reed. It seems that before or after (or during?) a recent stay in the ER, Lou Reed wrote a review of Kanye's latest album, Yeezus, which hits a lot of the major points of other reviews of the album, but in a distinctly Lou Reed kind of way. (He does betray his age at one point by calling Kanye a "child of social networking," which, at 36, it's fair to say Kanye is not.)

Instead of trying to explain Lou Reed, which is obviously impossible, we will simply let the man speak. And say that, if you have not yet listened to Yeezus all the way through, well, what the hell are you waiting for?

"Kanye stays unmoved while this mountain of sound grows around him. Such an enormous amount of work went into making this album. Each track is like making a movie."